Brian Moritz is an assistant professor of digital media production and online journalism.

A former newspaper sports journalist with a decade of experience covering college basketball, professional baseball and as a columnist and blogger, Moritz has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He also as a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from St. Bonaventure University.

Research

The social production of news, media sociology, sports media and sports communications, organizational sociology.

Publications

Book chapters

Moritz, B. (2016). Evolution of a Modern Sports Scandal. In Scandal in an Age of (Self) Surveillance (Mandell, H. & Chen, G., eds). New York:Palgrave Macmillan.

Conferences

Moritz, B. (2016).'Crammed in the locker room’: Sports journalists and access to sources. Presented at the 2016 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Moritz, B. (2012). The social newsroom: Social media and the evolution of journalists’ routines. Presented at the 2012 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Chicago, Ill.

Moritz, B. (2012). Without access, favor or discretion: The gatekeeping practices of Deadspin. Presented at the Fifth Summit of Communication and Sport, Peoria, Ill.

Moritz, B. (2011). Kicking off the hype: Newspaper coverage of Super Bowl I. Presented at the 2011 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, St. Louis, MO.

Moritz, B. (2011). The first draft of journalism: How blogging has affected sports reporters’ roles and routines. Presented at the 2011 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Columbia, S.C.

Woolery, E. and Moritz, B. (2010). It'll cost you: The credibility of news sources. Presented at the annual mid-winter conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Norman, OK.

Awards and honors

2014: Early Start Grant recipient, SUNY Oswego.

2013: Feinberg Dissertation Support Award, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

2012: Finalist, graduate-student award, top paper, NEPCA Conference.

2011: Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship.

2011: Catherine L. Covert Award for best student research paper, S.I. Newhouse, School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

2011: Graduate School Masters Award, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.